LeiLani Cauthen of Learning Counsel News met up with Karl Rectanus, SVP, K12 Strategy at Learn Platform, which is newly a part of Instructure.
Rectanus discussed the findings of a recent study of LearnPlatform’s browser integration with education organizations, some 466,665 educators and 3, 661,346 students. The report, called “The EdTech Top 40 2022-23 Report reflects more than 576 billion data points analyzed and captured useage on more than 9,000 edtech products.
Big takeaways aligned with Learning Counsel Research’s own surveys, but also went into specifically which tools are being used at the highest rates.
- Average number of edtech tools used per district: 2,591
- The volume of edtech tools used is down year over year, indicating a new streamlining trend as to how many are used.
- The average number of unique edtech tools accessed per individual over an entire school year is 42 for both students and educators.
- There is a rise in learner-focused tools.
- In order of top 5 Learning Management Systems: 1) Google Classroom, 2) Canvas LMS, 3) Schoology, 4) Savvas Realize, and 5) Seesaw.
- In order of the top 10 Courseware Platforms: 1) i-Ready, 2) IXL, 3) McGraw Hill, 4) Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH), 5) Amplify, 6) Lexia, 7) DreamBox Learning, 8) Learning A-Z, 9) DeltaMath, and 10) ReadWorks.
- In order of the top 15 Suplemental Platforms: 1) Nearpod, 2) Prodigy, 3) Epic!, 4) Code.org, 5) Brainpop, 6) Khan Academy, 7) Newsela, 8) Typing Club, 9) CommonLit, 10, Typing.com, 11) Nitro Type, 12) Discovery Education, 13) PebbleGO, 14) ConnectEd, and 15) NoRedInk.
- In order of the top 10 Classroom Response and Assessment Tools: 1) Blooket, 2) Quizizz, 3) Gimkit, 4) Kahoot!, 5) Pear Deck, 6) SurveyMonkey, 7) Boom Learning, 8) Mastery Connect, 9) Breakout EDU, and 10) Edulastic.
- In order of the top 10 Study Tools: 1) Quizlet, 2) Desmos, 3) Study.com, 4) PhET Interactive Math & Science Simulations, 5) Grammarly, 6) SparkNotes, 7) Brainly, 8) PBS LearningMedia, 9) Mathway, and 10) Course Hearo.
- In order of the top 10 Sites & Resources: 1) YouTube, 2) Coolmath Games, 3) ABCya!, 4) Math Playground, 5) History.com, 6) PBS, 7) ExploreLearning, 8) Quora, 9) Ducksters, and 10) Math is Fun.
Rectanus and Cauthen agreed that the market overall is maturing in its use of edtech, starting to streamline and “selectively retire” some duplicative apps. At the same time, the overall use is high and there is no going back. The entirety of teaching and learning has changed dramatically.
During the interview, Cauthen mentioned that this context should cause many administrators to consider their overall model architecture of edtech, looking at it holistically rather than the piecemeal use at the classroom level. Systems and resources that act to create a cohesive whole are an imperative for the coming years.
You can find out more about LearnPlatform’s big takeaways and recommendations by contacting them for the complete report.
